FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Wed Jul 16 15:30:00 EDT 2014

American Chemical Society names Fellows for 2014

WASHINGTON, July 16, 2014 — The American Chemical Society (ACS) has named the 2014 class of ACS Fellows, which includes 99 scientists who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in chemistry and made important contributions to ACS, the world’s largest scientific society. They represent a wide range of disciplines and geographic locations, from 30 of the Society’s technical divisions, 57 local sections and 23 national committees.

The 2014 Fellows will be recognized at the ACS Fellows Ceremony and Reception on Monday, August 11, 2014, during the Society’s 248th National Meeting & Exposition in San Francisco. At the ceremony, which will be held 2-4:30 p.m. at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, Grand Ballroom B, each Fellow will receive a lapel pin and a certificate.

“The scientists selected as this year’s class of ACS fellows are truly a dedicated group,” said ACS President Tom Barton, Ph.D. “Their outstanding contributions to advancing chemistry through service to the Society are many. In their quest to improve people’s lives through the transforming power of chemistry, they are helping us to fulfill the vision of the American Chemical Society.”

The ACS Fellows Program was created by the ACS Board of Directors in December 2008 “to recognize members of ACS for outstanding achievements in and contributions to Science, the Profession and the Society.”

The official list of names appears in the July 14, 2014, issue of Chemical & Engineering News. List of all ACS Fellows (2009-2014) that can be organized by name and institution.

The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress. With more than 161,000 members, ACS is the world’s largest scientific society and a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio.

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